485【Refreshing the Three Views of Parents】

The "Dialogue" column is broadcast for one hour. Although it is a CCTV 2 program, it often receives extra attention because the guests invited for each episode are very well-known.

After Song Weiyang's program was broadcast, it quickly aroused heated discussions. It's not what he said before, but the following content has a high school student mixed into the scene to bring rhythm.

The host has an outline of the process, which will guide the direction of the topic, but there are still some audience members who do not play their cards according to common sense. In this case, if it is nonsense, just cut it out, and if it is interesting, then keep it selectively.

When the parent of the student talked about how he raised his son, a high school student couldn't stand it, and suddenly stood up through the microphone and said, "Hello, Auntie, I feel sad for your son. He has completely lost his childhood and love." The fun of childhood. Now the country advocates quality education, you are not quality education, you are very utilitarian exam-oriented education. If you continue like this, your son will become a nerd!"

The student's parents immediately retorted: "I educate my children completely in the Harvard girl training mode, which is quality education! You are too young to know the preciousness of school days, and only reading is the only way out!"

"You are killing a child's free soul!" the high school student snapped back.

The parents of the students sneered, turned their heads and said, "Boss Song, you are a person who loves to learn. Come and tell this kid what it means to study hard, what it means to work hard, and what it means to educate the future!"

Song Weiyang didn't bother to pay attention, and asked the host with a smile: "Can I skip this paragraph directly?"

The host said, "Okay, let's talk about..."

"Why did you skip it?" the high school student said angrily, "The current Chinese education model is to learn to learn and take tests. A lot of time to study mathematics, how many can be used after graduation? I think it is enough to learn addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and basic equations. Students who do not like mathematics can focus on other courses, only those who like mathematics Students should study more advanced courses. The college entrance examination should be divided into professional mathematics and general mathematics, allowing students to choose independently according to the major they want to apply for! Parents, I ask you, you should have been out of school for more than ten years, right? Do you still remember the mathematics knowledge you learned in the second and third year of high school?"

"I...Of course I remember!" said the student's parent.

The high school student immediately asked: "Then I will test your knowledge points in the first year of high school. What is tangent? Don't you remember? Then let me give you a hint, is tangent or tan?"

"Yes..." the parent of the student immediately changed the subject, "I just didn't do well in my studies, and now I'm just average! If you don't study hard now, do you want to be like me in the future?"

The high school student retorted: "In this society, not everyone wants to be a mathematician. Most people don't need this knowledge, so why waste their time, it's better to learn something else. I said, yes For those who are interested in science, they can choose advanced mathematics courses independently. For those who are not interested, no matter how much they study, it will waste time!"

Well, this show has been led astray by high school students.

The director couldn't stand it anymore, so he directly ordered the host: "Correct the topic!"

The host smiled and asked Song Weiyang: "Why don't you also talk about education?"

"Okay," Song Weiyang asked the parents of the students, "What do you think education is?"

Parents of the students said: "One is to impart knowledge, and the other is to cultivate virtue."

Song Weiyang asked the high school student again: "What about you?"

The high school student said: "I think education should be something interesting and useful for people to learn, not a force-feeding thing!"

Song Weiyang said: "I agree more with Einstein's point of view. Forget all the things learned in school, and the rest is education. Take the compulsory courses for primary and middle school students as an example, Chinese cultivates reading, writing and comprehension skills, Mathematics cultivates logical thinking. Even if you forget all the texts you memorized in middle school and forget all the knowledge points in mathematics after you step into the society, the ability cultivated by Chinese and mathematics will accompany you throughout your life. The core of education It is people, not knowledge points, knowledge points can be learned at any time, but the ability to develop in childhood and adolescence is difficult to make up for in adulthood."

Dr. Lu applauded: "I agree with this statement very much."

The high school student said: "Does Mr. Song agree with exam-oriented education?"

"Can you find other better ways?" Song Weiyang asked back, "As far as what you said, once it is implemented, there will be endless troubles. Let's talk about Japan. The best universities in Japan are all national, and the competition is very fierce. Candidates for Japanese benzene are divided into three categories. The first category is fresh graduates, the second category is former students, also known as ronin, and the third category is unsatisfactory college students. If the three types of people want to be admitted to their ideal universities, they all have to attend cram schools, otherwise they have no chance. In Japan, a student who has not attended cram schools is absolutely impossible to be admitted to a national university.”

The parents of the students were very interested in this and asked, "Why? Is the school teacher not responsible?"

Song Weiyang said: "Because Riben has engaged in quality education in recent years, as this student said, most people learn advanced mathematics knowledge is useless, so the school simply does not teach it. Therefore, the classrooms of Riben School The knowledge is very simple, and after school is over early, the students all go to participate in club activities. If they are interested in singing, they go to learn and rehearse singing; if they are interested in Go, they go to other students to learn from each other.”

High school students are envious: "This educational model of Riben is very advanced!"

Song Weiyang said: "The problem is that universities don't need this kind of students. The difficulty of the Japanese college entrance examination is not lower than that of China. Therefore, a Japanese student who wants to enter the university must give up club activities and spend money to go to private schools. Remedial classes. A lot of knowledge taught in cram schools is not available in school classrooms, but it is necessary for the college entrance examination. Don’t you think there is a problem?”

"What's the problem?" the high school student asked.

Song Weiyang's tone became more serious: "If China does the same thing, what do you ask China's billion farmers to do? Now many farmers, they can't even pay their children's tuition fees. Will you let them spend a lot of money to go to cram schools? Do this , is to block the way for most rural students to enter higher education, and block the way for most rural children to stand up, and the social class tends to solidify! A country with solidified classes has no vitality for development. Who would dare to do this in China? Come on, he is a sinner of the Chinese nation!"

The high school student was speechless, and said weakly: "Then...why is Benz feasible on that day?"

Song Weiyang said with a smile: "Japan has a high degree of urbanization, and Japan is a capitalist society. The capitalists are eager to solidify their classes. They only need a small number of people to receive higher education. These people are the new generation of elites in society. Most people, work with peace of mind, it belongs to the perfect pyramid structure in the eyes of capitalists.”

The parents of the students suddenly laughed and said, "Boss Song is right. China can't do this. China should continue to carry out exam-oriented education in order to cultivate more talents like Harvard girls!"

Song Weiyang immediately poured cold water: "I said last year that a Harvard girl is really nothing. With my grades as a self-funded student at Fudan University, as long as I can learn English well, I will be given tens of thousands of dollars to operate, and I can get it every minute. Let me show you the full scholarship of Harvard. Because Chinese high school students applied for Harvard in the 1990s, no one came to compete. The reason why a Harvard girl can succeed is not because she studies well, but because she participated in the exchange program between Chinese and American schools Once she succeeds, there will be more overseas study agencies this year, and the competition will become more intense. If your son wants to replicate this model, he needs to be richer, more flexible, and better at operating, and his academic performance is second only to grades Just better."

The parents of the students were surprised: "Is it okay to just have relatively good grades?"

Song Weiyang said: "Excellent grades are used to meet the basic standards for admission to Harvard. As long as you cross this basic line, Harvard treats all students equally, and doesn't care how much you score. Especially those who take the test For those with full marks, Harvard controls the admission rate of students with perfect marks every year, and for this reason, many students with perfect marks are deliberately rejected.”

The parents of the students quickly asked: "If they don't look at the scores, how can they choose students?"

Song Weiyang said with a smile: "Let's find someone to write a recommendation letter. Under normal circumstances, for families with no relevant background, it is most suitable to ask the principal of a high school to write a recommendation letter. If you can find the principal of Tsinghua University to write a recommendation letter, then your child will be admitted to Harvard." The odds can be increased by 10,000 times. If you are only looking for a high school principal, then I am sorry, your child will basically not be seen by Harvard. Unless your child is really good, so good that it is a genius, then you can find an aunt who sweeps the floor and write Letters of recommendation are fine."

"Recommendation letters are more important than academic performance?" Parents of students can't believe it.

"Yes, recommendation letters are very important," Song Weiyang said, "and there are skills in writing recommendation letters. You can't just talk about how many awards you have won. It is useless to be the first in the grade in the exam since childhood. Harvard does not recognize it. You have to put it In fact, what kind of volunteer activities have you participated in, what talents you have mastered, and which aspects are outstanding. Take me for example, if I don’t take the college entrance examination, and I know the president of Coca-Cola’s Asia Pacific region, then I will ask the president to tell me I write letters of recommendation. As long as my grades exceed Harvard’s pass line, I will be admitted 100%. That Harvard girl must have found a very important recommender at that time.”

The parents of the students were stupefied and muttered, "How can you rely on recommendations? Isn't this going through the back door?"

"Just go through the back door. All famous schools in the United States can go through the back door," Song Weiyang said with a smile. If the child has a good relationship with the Harvard professor, maybe the Harvard professor will write the recommendation letter for the child. You must have money in advance, and it is very expensive to go to Harvard for summer school."

The parents of the students were completely refreshed, and murmured: "It's just relying on money and relationships, this prestigious school also has the back door."

Song Weiyang said: "If you want your own children to be good at it, do you think that you can be favored by Harvard professors after studying in the summer school? For ordinary Chinese families, let their children participate in public welfare activities and sports more, and master more talents and skills." , the recommendation letter should be better compiled, coupled with the excellent grades, there is still a little chance to study in a famous American school."

Two-thirds of the content discussing education was cut out in the later editing, but it still caused a sensation in public opinion after it was broadcast.

I don’t know how many parents who hoped for a successful child have their dreams shattered. At this time, the sales volume of "Harvard Girl" has exceeded one million. Countless parents who felt cheated after buying the book wrote letters to scold Harvard Girl's parents.